New York-based nonprofit Fabscrap collects, organizes and repurposes textile scraps from the city’s design offices, to divert as much unused material as possible from being landfilled or incinerated.

Waste from the fashion industry accumulates in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China. Credit: Deng Yinming/VCG via Getty Images Earlier this May, celebrities gathered in New York City for the Met Gala, ...

A key clue to what this startup company does, for one. It’s the inner core of the hemp plant that remains after the fibers, ...

There’s a movement in the fashion industry to make products from discarded textiles. Some smaller labels are the first to take the plunge. Meanwhile, the fashion industry produces mountains of its own ...

This designer developed a safer, simpler, and healthier solution to conventional fabric dye—using scraps of old fruits and veggies. Nicole Stjernsward, a London-based design technologist, has ...

I’ve seen it up close: mothers washing clothes in streams tinted with dye, fishermen pulling lifeless fish from once-clear ...

Plastic waste is being recycled and developed into a new sustainable fabric by researchers in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Recycling has been a massive thing in the entire world ever ...

Circular economy specialist and entrepreneur Dr. Chinedu Azih is the chief executive officer of Kazih Kits Limited, which handles the production, packaging, and distribution of professional-grade ...

The discovery could see waste plastic bags being turned into sportswear. Due to its structure, fabric spun from polyethylene could keep a wearer cool by allowing heat to escape, but it's been largely ...